Americans in China Live Under Wartime Concessions After War
After two years of war about 7 100 United States citizens reside in China including women and children with enlisted servicemen abroad. Shanghai hosts nearly half in the International Settlement and French Concession, Peiping Tientsin Canton Nanking Hankow see small groups elsewhere. About 3 800 Americans are scattered across China including mission stations and port clusters.
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U. S
China
Ge! Society
Remegion
WRU
United States
United States Armed Forces
Navy
Marines
Chins
Shanghai
Tientsin
Amoy
Tiantsin
Peiping
Japan
Tsirgtng
Canton
Nanking
Hankow
Mother of Radium and Uranium Trade Promise
Nobel laureate Professor Joliat of France envisions a future where two dollars of uranium yield ten thousand dollars of coal energy and details uranium as a rare metal found with radium in pitchblende. The piece traces uranium’s discovery, sources in Czechoslovakia, Canada, Belgium, and its uses in ceramics and glazes.
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Joliat
France
Czecho-Slovakia
Madame Curie
Canada
Belgium
United States
Glass
China
Modern Doors Have Odd Ancient Background
The Nations Geographic Society notes doors are comparatively modern and claims early humans entered shelters without doors. Ancient entrances in Egypt Greece and Rome were passageways often hidden by tapestry curtains skins or veils for privacy. Superstitions lingered such as opening doors to let a dying soul pass in parts of England and Scotland.
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Nations
Geographic Society
Lang Aftey
England
Scotland
Kodiak Island to Host Major Navy Air Base
Kodiak Island in Alaska will become the site of a large United States naval base and air station, possibly with a coast guard presence. The island, 1000 miles long and 50 miles wide, supports fishing as its chief industry and bears the name of the Kodiak bear, the world’s largest carnivorous animal. The climate is milder than Boston’s, influenced by Aleutian currents, despite its northern latitude.
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Washington
WNO
Kodiak Island
Coast Guard
Alaskan Islands
Kodiak
United States Agricultural Experiment Station
Katmai
Aleutian Islands
Alaska Peninsula
Kamchatka
Boston
Washington, D. C
War headlines: nations mobilize as WWII looms and alliances shift
Amid rapid mobilizations Britain allies with South Africa and Canada declares war. Germany, Slovakia, and allies face a widening bloc while Russia and Italy tilt toward Germany. Egypt cuts ties with Germany as Turkey calls reserves and Weygand moves toward Ankara.
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Britain
Union of South Africa
Canaa
Mackenzie King
Wacup
Germany
Slovakia
Nation Rors
Eens
Slovenia
Foland Atesteustralia En Zepland
Canada
Egypt
Turkey
France
Maxime Weygand
Ankara
Russia
Italy
War of Words Shapes the Early War Propaganda Battle
A detailed chronicle of the first week of war describes Goebbels' propaganda efforts, Britain and France censorship delays, and mixed messaging from Berlin and Rome. It notes Goering's aggressive stance, Hitler's strategic moves toward Poland and the western front, and rising naval activity including submarine warfare and convoy concerns.
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Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
France
Britain
Lenin
Air Ministry
London
U. S
Hitler
Herr Goebbels
Warsaw
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Italians and Portuguese Lead in Brazilian Immigration
Over 50 years Portugal has sent a daily average of more than 60 emigrants to Brazil while Italian migration has been larger. Brazilian immigration totals exceed 4 million with Italians 1,954,000 and Portuguese 1,148,000. Spaniards 677,000. Japanese 177,000. Germans 155,000. Russians 107,000. Austrians 83,000. Brazil was claimed for Portugal in 1500 when Cabral drifted to its coast.
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Portugal
Brazil
Srazil
Cabral
India
Fragmentary War News From World Front 1914 1939
The fragment discusses Anglo French tensions over Poland and ongoing World War fronts. It notes Britain insisting on no peace talks if Germany remains in Poland and mentions Allied forces probing the western front with steady gains.
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Poland
England
Baltimore Lady and Wife Travel with Husband
News quiz item questions ask who the Baltimore lady is and where she has just gone with her husband.
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Baltimore
Father Divine
Walla Walls
Philadelphia
Chicago
Newport
Bombay
Europe
U. S. Navy
U. S. Justice Department
American Medical Association
Duchess of Windsor
England
Sanous
U. S. Supreme Court
District of Columbia
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Labor Committee
NLRB
Backfire of War Puzzles Roosevelt on Neutrality and Readiness
Roosevelt faced two aims keeping the United States out of war and preserving normalcy while preparing for conflict. The White House held Congress in abeyance, seeking public opinion as prices rose and debates over cash and carry intensified. Military expansion and a limited national emergency followed, with an emphasis on mobilizing nearly 1,000,000 in 90 days if war came.
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Europe
Franklin Roosevelt
U. S
Wiseacres
Wall Street
Congress
White House
Washington
Idaho
William E. Borah
FBI
Woodring
Joint
Army and Navy
Army and Navy Selective Servece Committee
Farm Livestock Disease Prevented By Modern Methods
Animal pathologists at the University of Micrors outline three main disease control methods: culling and disinfection to eradicate conditions like foot and mouth disease and cattle tuberculosis. vaccination to raise immunity against cholera in swine black leg in cattle dismem ber in dogs and sleeping sickness in horses. and improved management practices guided by state college research to reduce disease through feeding and care changes. When illness occurs, owners should consult competent veterinarians promptly.
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College of Agriculture
University of Micrors
State Colleges of Agriculture
Shift From Farm to City Highlighted by Agriculture Report
The Administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration notes in its annual report that in 1870 over half of U S workers were in agriculture, dropping to about 20 percent by 1930 due to tech advances, urban industrial growth, increased transportation and communication, expanded services, and a division of labor separating farmers from city workers.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
United States
Rubber tires boost tractor power and safety concerns rise
Agricultural notes show rubber tires on tractors rising from 14 percent of 1935 models to an estimated 15 percent of 1989 models. Tires add 20 to 26 percent horsepower at the drawbar and save 14 to ? percent fuel. The piece also mentions farm accidents linked to tractors and power take off gear, and reports on homestead tax statutes and the government stamp plan with Rochester city stamp usage.
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Rochester
General Quiz From The Brit ish Empire And More
A reader quiz covers zebra stripes, British racial stats, circle walking when lost, districts Loap Barbary Coast Bowery and cities Chicago San Francisco New York, wartime drafts, Cousin Michel, animal terminology, white elephants, and a lyric line with its second verse. The answers confirm zebra stripes black, fourteen percent, one leg shorter, major cities, Civil and World wars, Germany, pure bred, dove equals pigeon, white elephants as light Asiatic elephants, and the poem line continuation.
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Aracebra
British Empire
Loap
Barbary Coast
Bowery
United States
Cousin Michel
Chicago
San Francisco
New York
Germany
Siam
Imagination as the soul’s sight through nature
A reflective excerpt attributing to Hudson that imagination is the inner organ by which the soul recognizes other souls and perceives spiritual realities within nature’s material forms. It frames imagination as the spiritual eye enabling dialogue with nature’s essences.
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Hudson
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